...York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor) written between 1947 and 1954 to see how these events were covered by the media. Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper about anticommunism and McCarthyism during this period, including examples or quotes from each of the three articles you located. You should also take any course readings into account. You _must_ use APA citations to cite any _ideas_ or quotes that aren't yours. Address the following: *The differences between anticommunism and McCarthyism *The perspective from which the media covered anticommunism and McCarthyism *American foreign policy decisions impacted by anticommunists *How Americans’ lives changed because of the Red Scare *Format your paper according to APA standards. **You must find one overall theme that ties anticommunism to all of these things--this theme should be defined in terms of a _single word_; that word, obviously, cannot be "anticommunism." Point out your theme in the first sentence with a statement similar to (or exactly to) "The overall theme that describes anticommunism during this period is [theme]." If you don't point out this one theme and argue how this theme ties all of these things together, you cannot receive an A on this paper. You will summarize your theme and explain how your theme ties all of these together in your intro paragraph. Your intro paragraph must demonstrate how your theme ties into the rest of your paper (in summary)...
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...Michael Tarantino Ms. Banks 50’s & 60’s (7) 16 November 2014 1950’s DBQ The 1950s is considered to be the model decade of America. Families were close, children respected their elders, workers worked hard to provide for their families who grew up in nice neighborhoods, and the economy was booming. The forced conformity, neglect of the poor, and segregation are often overlooked when talking about the decade as they were during the time period. The 1950s were a prodigious time period for family life but not for the individual or societal ethics. The ’50s boasted the archetype for the model family. As document H exemplifies, suburban families, coined the nuclear family, resided in ideal neighborhoods for raising the family, were close-knit, and the family was open with each other. These families would discuss any problems in their lives while eating nightly family dinner or sitting around the boob tube. Society dictated the norm for proper family etiquette such as how to behave in order to maintain a perfect household. Document I, “The Good Wife’s Guide”, offers tips on how to be a good wife so that the family machine runs smoothly. This decade received much praise for the development of this era as shown in document L, “With the growth of suburban developments, many families found they needed two cars to transport all members of the family…” This quote shows how the growth of familial development stimulated the economy. The ’50s may have been a great time for families...
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...During the Cold War, Americans were fearful of communists and socialists. Communism became known as the “Red Scare,” because many Americans feared that it would lead to the deterioration of the country. Because of this Red Scare, countless people lost their jobs and reputations due being accused as communists. Margaret Chase Smith addressed these witch-hunts in her speech “Declaration of Conscience.” Smith uses pathos, anaphoras, and a rhetorical question to convince the American people that the communist witch-hunts are dangerous and destructive. Numerous people had been accused of being communist simply for stating unpopular opinions, or associating with someone who did, and lost their jobs because of it. Smith responds with, “The exercise...
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...notes Anticommunism and McCarthyism Paper Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper written between 1947 and 1954 to see how these events were covered by the media. (New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor) About anticommunism- Anti-communism is a set of beliefs, social values, or political opinions that communism or a one party system form of government that holds all power, including the economy is not acceptable. -great anti-communist frenzy in the late 1940s and early 1950s that had corrosive effects on American life. Known to many as “McCarthyism,” after the Wisconsin senator who became the most famous and notorious voice of anti-communism for a time, the post–World War II Red Scare was a widespread phenomenon that affected almost every area of American life. The early years of the Cold War coincided with a time of economic anxiety as the nation attempted to adjust to conversion from war to peace; but by the early 1950s, the American economy entered a period of high economic growth and stability. McCarthyism during this period- Whereas, McCarthyism unfairly targeted and investigated men and women for being suspected of being a communist often destroying reputations and causing employers to place suspects names on the so called "blacklist" for fear of risking his or her own reputation (especially Hollywood) destroyed by the powerful Senator Joseph McCarthy. Throughout the late 1950's and even until the end of the...
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...The Red Scare The Red Scare of WWI The red scare was a national-wide anti-radical terror which was provoked by mounting apprehension, fear and imminence of Bolshevik revolution of the united state. The Red Scare was also involved in the promotion of communism and followed the Bolshevik revolution, as well. Communism is social ownership or economic system that property or resources were collectively owned by classes but not by individuals. When WWI ended, the Bolshevik revolution of Russia and the Red Scare came up due to fear of communist and socialist and took hold of the United State. There were bombings by the anarchist all over and this had put the State in fear. Democracy was not expressed, the innocent were put to jail by putting forward their views. There were no social liberty and everybody was afraid that the Bolshevik revolution could take control. During the First World War, patriotism filled the hearts of people and the state was divided into two major groups. There was a minor group which was unrecognized on governmental affairs. The first group worked in the war industry and the other in the armed forces. During this period, one had to be patriot, communist, slackers or draft dodgers; they were all classified as suspect. Out of this patriotism the Red scare took control in 1920s (Binkley 187). The McCarthyism According to Binkley, McCarthyism also known as the second Red Scare is the act of making accusations of treachery, sedition, or treason...
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...In 1917 there was a period in time called the red scare, it was when McCarthy was pointing fingers at people saying that they were communist. People would live in fear because they might have been pointed on and they would have to point someone else to save themselves. After the red scare then came along the lavender scare in 1930 there was a period in time called Lavender scare which was a time period when the homosexuals would be targeted and would be fired from there jobs. The lavender scare was more as impactful than the red scare because People were constantly living in fear, it gets people fired from there job, and people had to fight for there right In 1919 the Red Scare had begun, it was an era where McCarthy had started his accusations...
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...McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism."[1] The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 and characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents. Originally coined to criticize the anti-communist pursuits of Republican U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, "McCarthyism" soon took on a broader meaning, describing the excesses of similar efforts. The term is also now used more generally to describe reckless, unsubstantiated accusations, as well as demagogic attacks on the character or patriotism of political adversaries. During the McCarthy era, thousands of Americans were accused of being Communists or communist sympathizers and became the subject of aggressive investigations and questioning before government or private-industry panels, committees and agencies. The primary targets of such suspicions were government employees, those in the entertainment industry, educators and union activists. Suspicions were often given credence despite inconclusive or questionable evidence, and the level of threat posed by a person's real or supposed leftist associations or beliefs was often greatly exaggerated...
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...McCarthyism and The Second Red Scares impact on Media in the 1950-60s decades (Research and Analysis Paper) In 1950, fewer than 50,000 Americans out of a total US population of 150 million were members of the Communist Party(Gilder Lehrman). However following WWII the the time period of the 1950-1970 was marked as a period of mass fear of Communism. American fears of internal communist infiltration reached Its highest point since the First Red Scare of the 1920-30s. Government organizations investigated millions of americans, “asking what books and magazines they read, what unions and civic organizations they belonged to, and whether they went to church” (Gilder Lehrman). This time period was also marked by the major shift and blacklisting of celebrities primarily in show business. One of the people who took full advantage of the mass hysteria was Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin. McCarthy began his crusade by giving a speech at the Women’s Republican Club of Wheeling, in West Virginia, where he stated that he had a list of over 220 confirmed communists living in the US. The numbers of this statement dropped over the years as people began to watch him more closely. However this didn’t stop him from rising to more power, after the Republicans regained a majority in the senate, McCarthy took control of a subcommittee, and performed investigations on government agencies. Other Cold War “activists” consisted of Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey, union leader Walter Reuther...
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...History Dr. Wintz – Texas Southern University Spring 2009 Table of Contents Part One 1.1 – Introduction – p. 3 1.2 – Social and Political Climate pp. 3-11 1.3 – Production Code Resolutions pp.11-15 Part Two 2.1- Production Codes – I, II, III and IV pp.16 2.2 – Production Codes V, VI, VII and VIII pp.17-18 2.3 - Production Codes IX, X, XI and XII pp.18 Part Three 3.1- Hollywood and Film making – 1940-1949 pp.18-21 3.2- Movies – Awarded, Nominated, Not Nominated pp.21 Part Four 4.1- Hollywood and Film making – 1950-1959 pp.22-26 4.2- Movies – Awarded, Nominated, Not Nominated pp.26 Part Five 5.1- Synopsis of Film making in the 1960’s – New Era pp. 27-28 5.2- Conclusion pp.28-29 The Red Scare of 1917-1920, was the primary influence for the emergence of censorship through McCarthyism and Anti- Socialist sentiments in filmmaking during 1940-1960. McCarthyism and three international wars enhanced Anti – Communist resentments within the United States. A brief emergence of Socialist organizations in America heightened the fervor of conservative versus liberal views within cinematography. Motion Movie producers and Distributors, in Hollywood, California were heavily encouraged to influence film directors, screenwriters and actors by incorporating strict codes within their artistic expression. The Dies Committee, former State Senator Jack Tenny’s California Joint Fact Finding Committee on Un-American Activities from the late 1930’s...
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...scared? Well on two occasions, there were situations in which the society of the United States fell victim to fear. This fear brought two separate movements to try and keep the “Boogeyman” from trying to get into the United States. These movements were both commonly known as the Red Scare. This scare was willing to take anyone as it’s victim. Celebrities, politicians, or common Americans were all vulnerable to this phenomena that brought forth a Salem Witch Trial type of environment. The government of the United States of America tried to take many precautions, whether it was a success or failure, to try and prevent the spread of Communism in a country that is considered the greatest country on the Earth. Whenever there is a moment in history that brings on a mass hysteria, it shows what kind of people are really out there lurking around. This moment in history illustrates what happens during hysteria and what it makes people do in a time in which a common fear is shared amongst individuals of a society. “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” - Stephen King (269) This quote illustrates the moment in time just before the second Red Scare. Unlike the first Red Scare, this Red Scare had many components that provided more fear to the United States citizens. The citizens were not only in fear of the spread of communism, but they were also fearful of the United States Government coming to knock at their door. Let’s backtrack to how this whole event came about...
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...The Crucible that Arthur Miller wrote exposed the injustice the witch hunting’s were and hysteria outbreak people had with the fear of witches or anything they consider bad. The Red Scare is a good example of people getting scared and blames anyone they see. The Soviet Union communist were named the “Reds”. In 1940s to the early 1950s people were hysterical thinking that the reds were going to take over. The scare had people with a range of actions that had a profound and enduring effect on U.S. government and society. HUAC was formed they found with harbor hoover 12 prominent leaders of the American Communist Party on charges that they had plans to advocated the overthrow of the government. Two were convicted and executed in 1951, The crucible was an example of how the fear of the public drives people to blame and take action. Joseph R. McCarthy was always trying to expose communist just like the judges in the book and Abby she accused women for being witches and the judges just convicted who ever just to maintain their record. But Joseph pointed the finger at almost everyone in the government he worked with. He even launched a full investigation on them 2,000 government officials lost their jobs even though there was a lack of proof, they were fired anyways. He violated people’s civil rights with harsh integrations of witnesses in hearings. Just like in the Crucible the judges harshly interrogated the claimed to be witnesses making them change stories to fit what they wanted...
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...any real cause. McCarthy then accuses him of being communist. Mccarthy had one goal and it was to root out any and all communist. When someone got in his way he felt they were also communist, but actually he was just trying to get them out of the way so he could continue his trials and falsely accuse people of being communist. When something goes wrong in someone's life, they often blame someone else for their misfortune and seek revenge on them. The Crucible shows us how people like Ann Putnam and Abigail used these trials to get revenge on the people who they believed created the misfortune that occurred due to their own choices. Goodnight and Goodluck showed us how people like Joseph McCarthy were power hungry and used the Red Scare to get revenge on the people who got in the way of their way of their goals. In the end, in both The Crucible and Goodnight and Goodluck, the people seeking revenge ended up having everyone who supported them, turn on them. Overall, revenge is extremely unnecessary and in the end will make you end up back where you started or ,in these cases, in a much worse place. ...
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...Storrs, L. (2006). Left-feminism, the consumer movement, and red scare politics in the united states, 1935-1960. Journal of Women's History, 18(3), 40-40-67,148. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/203248794?accountid=35812 In the United States, right-wing hostility to female consumer advocates who held federal jobs or had the ear of federal officials was an important source of the crusade against "Communists in government," a primary engine of the Second Red Scare. The hunt for communists in the U.S. government, which began in the 1930s and reached a fever pitch in the 1950s, reshaped the terrain of party politics and halted expansion of the American welfare state. Conservatives' attack on the New Deal-often seen as triggered by the rise of mass production unionism-also was a reaction to the emergence of a consumer movement that was feminist, anti-racist, and pro-labor. That movement was predominantly female and wielded more influence over federal policy than scholars have recognized. Focusing on the League of Women Shoppers, the Consumers' National Federation, and the fate of their members who obtained positions in such government agencies as the Office of Price Administration, this article argues that conservative anticommunists' gendered animosity to the consumer movement was critical to the pre-history of the federal employee loyalty program created in 1947, and that civil servants with ties to consumer groups were prominent among that program's casualties...
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...| Film essay 1 | | Ninotchka | | Film essay 1 | | Ninotchka | In the past propaganda was used rather obviously, especially during the war and battle. Posters, comics and movies showing the ‘opponent’ as being malicious and horrifying were shown, while the antagonists were portrayed as tough and nearly divine. In my paper I will be discussing propaganda and its uses in the film industry, by examining the power of the Communism shown in the movie during the Second Red Scare. The plot is shaped to show that an average Soviet resident, far from being an ideological, given the opportunity, will be tempted by capitalist advantage . Ignoring that, the movie differentiates itself by giving the communist a human face. Ninotchka can be seen as one of the first movies which came out as Hollywood propaganda against Communism, it shows a rough Russian woman sent to Paris, where she meets a French “gigolo” called Leon who appears to characterize everything against her beliefs. The movie illustrates Russia as harsh, unsympathetic and depressed, whilst showing France as magnificent and lovely. By falling for a man who stands against everything Ninotchka is thought to support, the movie also shows how much superior Western civilization is in comparison to the strict, dreadful conditions in Russia at the time. The humor in the movie derives from differences between life in the East and the West. Three incompetent Soviet envoys Buljanoff, Iranoff, and Kopalski arrive to Paris...
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...belonging to authors such as by W.E.B Du Bois, Herman Melville, and John Steinbeck. Cohn and Schine recommended to the State Department that over 30,000 books be removed from USIS facilities, as they felt those works espoused views that were pro-communist, and therefore, anti-American. The State Department carried out what Cohn and Shine recommended, but the pair’s actions in Europe were not seen in a positive light by the European and American presses. The two men were lampooned for their behavior during the trip; they were depicted as children running through hotel lobbies by journalists and were called “junketeering gumshoes” by Theodore Kaghan, a Public Affairs Officer in the United States High Commission for Germany who would later be investigated by McCarthy’s Government Operations subcommittee. Cohn and Schine’s European witch-hunt for communists and communist materials illustrates how pervasive the “red scare” was in American society, it shows how outlandish the attempts to suppress communism were, and it reveals how dangerous Joseph McCarthy was to American democracy. The fear of communism is something that defined American foreign and domestic policy for the almost entirety of the twentieth century: it caused the United States to intervene during the Russian revolution, to create a Congressional committee on “Un-American” activities, and to overthrow the elected governments of numerous sovereign states. The actions of Cohn and Schine are in no way the worst or the most...
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